‘Welcome Me as I Am’ Working with Mental Health issues in our Parish and Deanery Community A workshop for Middlesbrough Diocese Introduction and Opening.

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‘Welcome Me as I Am’ Working with Mental Health issues in our Parish and Deanery Community A workshop for Middlesbrough Diocese Introduction and Opening Prayer ‘What brought us here today ? What would we like out of the session ? – Group discussion ‘Welcome Me as I am’ – some background and advice for use in parishes ‘The Journey of Hope’ – Recovery and Mental Health Group discussion ‘Caring about Carers’ (Edna) Taking this agenda further - Action Planning and next steps Closing Prayer

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Welcome Me as I am – an overview Toolkit developed to promote Mental Health awareness Designed for facilitators with little or no previous experience Flexible – programme of 5 modules can be used covering one or more modules – available in Word format if needed Can be used for a session of approximately 90 minutes or longer Links with ‘Time to Change’ campaign Series of linked workshops 8 awareness sessions for SVP National specialist workshops

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Welcome Me as I am – other activities MH awareness programme for the Salvation Army Dementia awareness with religious communities Development of guide on working with mental distress Development of website: Mental Health First Aid programmes National Events: –Catholic Chaplaincy in Mental Health Services –‘Were you there when I came out of prison ?’

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Welcome Me as I am – ‘Working with mental distress’ Practical guide to dealing with immediate situations Geared to those in pastoral situations Linked to Mental Health First Aid